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Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase

That pie will increasingly favor Google. Though Google DOES need to support something more like what Amazon does, so you can just rent a Linux box in the cloud that grows and shrinks.Great potential here for Google; p.s. - dont make Yahoo's mistakesThere is great potential for Google from...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Enterprise IT, Google AppEngine, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?

Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?The Zune of cloud computingI just can't get behind any service offered by Microsoft, regardless of the discount they attached to it. I'd be thinking about the Zune and Hotmail. And, if by some miracle they actually did field a well conceived...

Tags: E-mail providers, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Scripting languages, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure pricing, Microsoft Zune, MSN Hotmail, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Google App Engine to start charging for usage

Google App Engine to start charging for usageDefinetely interested..I hope they get java support added soon! RE: Google App Engine to start charging for usageWhat Google has offered is the cheapest prices than others? Why not give a try?But there is a risk of monopoly too.Cheers,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.com

Tags: Google App Engine, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

Additional Resources

The grand Google plan against the whole Microsoft stack

The grand Google plan against the whole Microsoft stackThe problem with this is vendor lock-inYea, sure you get vendor lock-in anyway with Microsoft, Oracle, whatever...right? But this is alot more vertical. With Google, everything is in the cloud, which they host. Your custom applications will have be...

Tags: VPNs, Network security, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., likelyhood, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Chrome OS: 3 reasons it matters, 4 reasons it's irrelevant

Chrome OS: 3 reasons it matters, 4 reasons it's irrelevantIt's the applications that'll be built that'll make or break it.If developers come up with enough useful applications then it might have a market.That said, have you ever tried to get data out of Google's AppEngine, out through Google's Web Toolkit...

Tags: Operating systems, cloud computing, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Your Thoughts: How mature are cloud computing services?

Your Thoughts: How mature are cloud computing services?low end cloud computingIf you want to build your own low cost cloud computing you can try software such as ThinServerhttp://www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htmRE: Your Thoughts: How mature are cloud computing services?Not really mature. There isn't wide spread user adoption. There aren't any real standards. None...

Tags: Virtualization, Google App Engine, cloud computing, cloud computing service, Salesforce.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-19

What's Cloud Computing and What's Not?

What's Cloud Computing and What's Not?Cloud Computing Definition in 4 wordsOther people's virtual serversWhat is the Cloud? What....is computing? These two terms are definitive. We don't need someone trying to define something that is defined already by its terms.Cloud computing is accessing your IT resources through the cloud. The term...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Business spending on cloud computing rises to $9.6 billion in 2009, up 22%

Business spending on cloud computing rises to $9.6 billion in 2009, up 22%ERP Software as a Servicehttp://www.valgeninc.comName of the Software: ValGn-ESProvides the best web based ERP Solutionno investments, just pay and useERP Software as a Servicehttp://www.valgeninc.comName of the Software: ValGn-ESProvides the best web based ERP Solutionno investments, just pay...

Tags: Virtualization, Channel management, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), cloud computing, Web, ERP, software

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Google Apps charges ahead with improved data security and long-awaited Java support

Cast Iron Systems and Google have teamed up to overcome one of the biggest hurdles to cloud computing and software as a service SaaS in the enterprise -- concerns over data security. Cast Iron for Google Apps, which was announced today, includes the Google Secure Data Connection,...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Data Security, Java Environment, Cloud Computing, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-04-08

IBM, Amazon foreshadow a bevy of connecting clouds; Is Microsoft surrounded?

IBM, Amazon foreshadow a bevy of connecting clouds; Is Microsoft surrounded?The problem for Microsoft is that all of the margins go away in the cloud. At least the kind of margins that Microsoft has gotton used to. Microsoft is used to the 100 dollar per PC windfall, and the Office...

Tags: Servers, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-13

Zoho launches CloudSQL; Plays anti-lock-in card

Zoho on Tuesday launched CloudSQL, a middleware layer that gives developers access to Zoho Applications data via a SQL database call. With the move, Zoho is playing an anti-lock-in card. One of the biggest worries about software as a service is that your data--and your business--can be...

Tags: Card, Monitor, Data, SQL, CloudSQL, Zoho Applications, Databases, Software As A Service (SaaS), Programming Languages, Monitors & Displays, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Hyperic gets on Google's cloud

Hyperic CloudStatus is now available to users of Google AppEngine cloud. The program was already available to users of Amazon's Web Services cloud. Hyperic principal engineer Jon Travis said the integration with Google is even "tighter" than with Amazon, but the two clouds serve different customer...

Tags: Google Inc., Monitoring, Cloud, Hyperic CloudStatus, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Google reports cause of App Engine failure

Google reports cause of App Engine failureIt's PREVIEW RELEASEThere are plenty of better reasons to question cloud computing than an preview release of a free service crashing...This is just like Airplanes. Airplanes are much less likely to crash than acar, and you are about 10x safer in an airplane than...

Tags: beta, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?

After anonymously bashing PayPal in Australia, it's not a huge surprise that Google was caught intentionally blocking AppEngine users from using PayPal too. Could it have been a innocent mistake? Sure, but the circumstance and timing are extremely suspicious. First, Google was outed after sending an...

Tags: Google Inc., PayPal, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Operational Accounting, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Finance, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-06-10

Hosted software development: an emerging market [includes podcast]

Hosted software development: an emerging market [includes podcast]Emerging market?If we're talking about version control, bug tracking, compile farms, etc then how is this an emerging market? Companies have been doing this for years.As for leasing out computer time...this has been done for decades. It just went out...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Marketing research, Financial services, Podcasts, Development tools, Force.com, emerging market, tool, Hosted, Hosted software development, software development, podcast

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterprise

Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterpriseWhat a ContrastThis is a deep and insightful post, not a lot to add on the details of the announcement. But I did want to draw a contrast to the old world. Microsoft and SAP with Duet attempted something similar and...

Tags: Sales force management, Google Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Google team, team

Discussion threads 2008-04-14